Raspberry Pi-based mods for retro consoles/computers

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/raspberry_pi

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  • psx-pi-smbshare

    A swiss army knife for enhancing classic game consoles with Raspberry Pi

  • Consoles: 1. PSX Pi SMP Share - lets you play games from USB device on your PS2, using Pi and Ethernet cable. Perfect solution for slim PS2 consoles. Video review 2. Gamecube Picoboot - use Pi Pico as modchip with built-in Swiss; lets you play GB backups. Video review

  • PicoBoot

    Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) based IPL replacement modchip for GameCube

  • Consoles: 1. PSX Pi SMP Share - lets you play games from USB device on your PS2, using Pi and Ethernet cable. Perfect solution for slim PS2 consoles. Video review 2. Gamecube Picoboot - use Pi Pico as modchip with built-in Swiss; lets you play GB backups. Video review

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  • Pi1541

    Commodore 1541 emulator for the Raspberry Pi

  • Computers: 1. Commodore 64 Pi1541 - emulates 1541 floppy drive for Commodore 64. Video review 2. Amiga RGB2HDMI - convert Amiga's RGB video signal into friendly HDMI output. Video review 3. Amiga Pistorm - emulates faster version of Motorola 68000 CPU. Theoretically, can be used in any machine that uses 68k chip. But I hear mostly about Amiga Pistorm implementation. Basically, Pi Zero emulates faster CPU, video modes, acts as HDD storage, HDMI output etc. Pistorm does what popular Amiga accelerator boards do for hundreds of space bucks. Video review

  • Amiga-Digital-Video

    Add a digital video port to vintage Amiga machines

  • Computers: 1. Commodore 64 Pi1541 - emulates 1541 floppy drive for Commodore 64. Video review 2. Amiga RGB2HDMI - convert Amiga's RGB video signal into friendly HDMI output. Video review 3. Amiga Pistorm - emulates faster version of Motorola 68000 CPU. Theoretically, can be used in any machine that uses 68k chip. But I hear mostly about Amiga Pistorm implementation. Basically, Pi Zero emulates faster CPU, video modes, acts as HDD storage, HDMI output etc. Pistorm does what popular Amiga accelerator boards do for hundreds of space bucks. Video review

  • pistorm

    68k Hardware Emulator

  • Computers: 1. Commodore 64 Pi1541 - emulates 1541 floppy drive for Commodore 64. Video review 2. Amiga RGB2HDMI - convert Amiga's RGB video signal into friendly HDMI output. Video review 3. Amiga Pistorm - emulates faster version of Motorola 68000 CPU. Theoretically, can be used in any machine that uses 68k chip. But I hear mostly about Amiga Pistorm implementation. Basically, Pi Zero emulates faster CPU, video modes, acts as HDD storage, HDMI output etc. Pistorm does what popular Amiga accelerator boards do for hundreds of space bucks. Video review

  • RGBtoHDMI

    Bare-metal Raspberry Pi project that provides pixel-perfect sampling of Retro Computer RGB/YUV video and conversion to HDMI

  • RGBToHDMI works on a lot more systems. https://github.com/hoglet67/RGBtoHDMI/wiki/Supported-Computers has the full list but it's pretty much all 8 and 16 bit computers.

  • PiTubeDirect

    Bare-metal Raspberry Pi project that attaches to the Acorn TUBE interface and emulates many BBC Micro Co Processors

  • BBC Micro/Master - PiTubeDirect - emulates a load of second CPUs for for BBC. Lets you run CP/M, DOS.

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